NHL TV ratings 2023/2024
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Kirk Van Houten
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5% up over a series that had two games on ABC and with a canadian team not bad at all
It shows how I listed it ("SN") but forgot to note that Game 5 & Game 6 of Oilers-Stars were NOT shown on CBC -- if interested in how well that decision went over there's a ton of articles so it's easy for anyone interested to find.
Also forgot to note that -mostly due to no CBC simulcast- the rarity of the all-US matchup being more-viewed across U.S & Canada than the series involving a CAN team in Games 5 & 6. Rare.
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You guys need to stop overreacting to every rating. That’s a good number and you have to understand there aren’t as many crossover NBA/NHL fans out there. Good portion are likely fans of the other three major sports and not of the NHL.
Kirk Van Houten
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It was never going to beat the 3.2M game 7 from Toronto - Boston but it came very close so it's a good number.
Edit: Biggest number in the conference finals in nine years since Blackhawks v Ducks game 7.
Edit: Biggest number in the conference finals in nine years since Blackhawks v Ducks game 7.
They're taking the same logic than ESPN putting big games on cable instead of broadcast right?
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No, CBC can show the games as part of their deal. They just had other stuff scheduled in advance -- awards show & some reality competition -- and stuck with that.
Just grabbed the first article that came up in a search -there's a ton of them- but it lays it out well. Lot of Canadians were not happy, understandably and obviously so.
Canadians outraged after CBC didn’t broadcast NHL playoff games
Canadians from across the country shared their outrage at the CBC for not showing hockey playoff games featuring Canadian teams.
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Golden_Jet
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that is on the NHL's TV partners. They bought a product (hockey on TV) and now they need to resell it to consumers.
Like sorry fam, Crosby and Ovi have 5 years left generously. The Chicago boys are done. The stars in the league right now are the stars you have to market. Do it or don't, but don't cry about the ratings when you can't turn a guy who scored 64 goals into a star. We found a way to make Gretzky a household name playing in Edmonton 40 years ago, look into it
Just another example of the decline of hockey in Canada. A few years ago the thought of a conference final game involving a Canadian team not being on CBC would have been absurd. Yet here we are now. The fall of hockey in Canada is shocking.No, CBC can show the games as part of their deal. They just had other stuff scheduled in advance -- awards show & some reality competition -- and stuck with that.
Just grabbed the first article that came up in a search -there's a ton of them- but it lays it out well. Lot of Canadians were not happy, understandably and obviously so.
Canadians outraged after CBC didn’t broadcast NHL playoff games
Canadians from across the country shared their outrage at the CBC for not showing hockey playoff games featuring Canadian teams.
Uefa champions league final
uefa champions league final on cbs got 2.3 rating . So champions league game and a wnba were both able to defeat the mighty nhl.
UCL Final on CBS did not at all get a 2.3 rating.
If you're going to troll, as you're want to do, at least use the correct terminology.
Saturday Sports in the U.S. Top-4 Rating/Viewership.
Rating
1.5 Rangers-Panthers
1.4 UCL Final (combined)
1.1 MLB on FOX (regional)
0.9 WNBA (Clark)
Average Viewership (English only)
3.02M Rangers-Panthers (ABC)
2.32M UCL Final (CBS)
2.07M MLB regional (FOX)
1.53M WNBA/Clark (ESPN)
More Americans watched the soccer game on Saturday (involving a team I’ve never heard of and can’t even pronounce) than the prime time playoff game involving the New York market.
3.62M vs 3.02M
SOURCE: Saturday (6/1) sports ratings: UEFA, NHL, MLB, WNBA, WCWS, golf, UFC and more
3.62M vs 3.02M
SOURCE: Saturday (6/1) sports ratings: UEFA, NHL, MLB, WNBA, WCWS, golf, UFC and more
CBC doesn't make money showing SN hockey feed. So, financially, it was the better choice. But the 2 programs selected to pre-empt hockey shows the decline of CBC programming.
PR fallout wasn't that big of deal on X. Most complaining in places like the Globe were already pre-disposed to defund CBC which would mean no hockey on CBC anyway.
Sportsnet is charging around $100k for a 30 second ad during the SCF based on audience projection of near 4m per game.
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Weird that the peak was less than the earlier game in the series on ABC, but that game only got 2.3 million viewers.
At this point I think we should just all put them on ignore. Let them bitch and overreact amongst themselves instead of derailing an informative thread
Literally over a 1/3rd of the audience was in the most coveted 18-49 demographic, but go off
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I wish we got to see the quarterly numbers like we sometimes used to.
But yeah, my best guess is because Game 3 went to OT and presumably that's when the peak was. Estimated runtime of 218 minutes, 2.459M avg viewership (Final # went up from the Nielsen Fast National #,) with a 3.81M peak.
While Game 6 had a runtime of 180 minutes, 3.016M avg viewership with 3.7M peak.
So Game 6 had a more consistent audience.
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NHL hits multiple highs in conference finals, playoffs, entering Cup Final
Stanley Cup playoff viewership remains up double-digits entering the Cup Final, with conference final viewership up more than a quarter.
www.sportsmediawatch.com
"Entering the Stanley Cup Final, NHL playoff games are averaging 1.3 million viewers across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, TBS, TNT and truTV — up 14% in viewership from last year and the highest three-round average since 1996."
Lets hope Florida gets more interest this year from West Palm Beach and Miami-Ft Lauderdale than they did last year
varsaku
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A Bayern and Dortmund final could have drawn great numbers in Canada because of Davies.
Kirk Van Houten
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Third best number all time and the best without an english team on.
You're always losing in big games like the UCL final due to the spanish networks factor between Univision and TUDN they added 1.3M
I would think a large Spanish part was watching on CBS as well.
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LadyStanley
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Wonder if we'll ever see ratings
